Huge thanks to poetry superstar Phil Metres for choosing my poem, “Zenana,” as the winner of the 2019 Academy of American Poets Prize. Read the poem here.

Thank you RAWI (Radius of Arab-American Writers) for such a fun and productive workshop in Los Angeles this August! It was a magical experience to be in the company of so many inspiring people. Thank you Marwa Helal, Randa Jarrar, Sonia Ali, and Darine Hotait ❤

photo by Shiyam Galyon

I’m super thrilled to be reading with the amazing Alex DiFrancesco on Wednesday, July 10, 2019 for Lit Youngstown! Join us if you can.

Happy summer, friends!

I’m excited to share some good news —

I have an essay in the July/August issue of The American Poetry Review, and two new poems up with Underblong! Big thanks to editors Chen Chen, Sam Herschel Wein, and Elizabeth Scanlon for believing in my work.

— Noor

Hi friends!

Check out a new review essay I’ve published. Big thanks to Entropy!

You can read the essay here.

Thanks!

I’m looking forward to reading poems for The University of Akron Women’s Studies Program on Friday, April 5 at noon with poet-badass Mary Biddinger. Check out our flyer below!

Hi friends!

I’m excited to have a poem in the new issue of Winter Tangerine! You can read it here.

I’m also thrilled to start a residency with Twelve Literary Arts soon, giving me the opportunity to work with artist Naazneen Diwan.

I hope everyone is keeping warm 🙂

~ Noor